United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 18 November 2003

FISCAL YEAR 2003
BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES
RECEIPTS AND DISPOSITIONS BY GROUPS
EX PARTE APPEALS

FY 2003 MONTHLY DISPOSITIONS- SEPTEMBER 2003

    PENDING APPEALS               PENDING INCREASE/ PERCENT
TECHNOLOGY REPORTING BEGINNING RECEIVED       PANEL ADMINISTRATIVE     END DECREASE OF CASE
CENTER PERIOD MONTH MONTH AFFIRMED MODIFIED REVERSED REMANDS REMANDS DISMISSED TOTAL MONTH MONTH MONTH
                           
1600 9-1-2003 to 9-30-2003 424 22 32 9 33 9 1 0 84 362 -62 18.4
1700 9-1-2003 to 9-30-2003 224 24 63 9 26 7 0 0 105 143 -81 7.3
2100 9-1-2003 to 9-30-2003 430 14 10 5 24 3 1 1 44 400 -30 20.3
2600 9-1-2003 to 9-30-2003 503 24 17 4 25 4 3 0 53 474 -29 24.1
2800 9-1-2003 to 9-30-2003 256 52 40 4 29 6 1 3 83 225 -31 11.4
2900 9-1-2003 to 9-30-2003 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 -2 0.1
3600 9-1-2003 to 9-30-2003 255 27 19 9 31 3 2 3 67 215 -40 10.9
3700 9-1-2003 to 9-30-2003 218 11 32 10 32 8 0 0 82 147 -71 7.5
Board Totals   2314 175 213 50 203 40 8 7 521 1968 -346 100.0

 

FY 2003 CUMULATIVE DISPOSITIONS

    PENDING APPEALS               PENDING INCREASE/ PERCENT
TECHNOLOGY REPORTING BEGINNING RECEIVED       PANEL ADMINISTRATIVE     END DECREASE OF CASE
CENTER PERIOD FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR AFFIRMED MODIFIED* REVERSED REMANDS REMANDS DISMISSED TOTAL FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR WORKLOAD
                           
1600 10-1-02 to 9-30-03 463 445 165 47 255 42 19 18 546 362 -101 18.4
1700 10-1-02 to 9-30-03 654 523 598 90 250 62 24 10 1034 143 -511 7.3
2100 10-1-02 to 9-30-03 425 293 92 33 148 11 30 4 318 400 -25 20.3
2600 10-1-02 to 9-30-03 575 351 123 58 197 18 46 10 452 474 -101 24.1
2800 10-1-02 to 9-30-03 483 299 212 61 209 28 38 9 557 225 -258 11.4
2900 10-1-02 to 9-30-03 5 25 13 0 14 0 1 0 28 2 -3 0.1
3600 10-1-02 to 9-30-03 244 415 90 62 212 31 43 6 444 215 -29 10.9
3700 10-1-02 to 9-30-03 241 370 118 62 219 30 31 4 464 147 -94 7.5
Board Totals   3090 2721 1411 413 1504 222 232 61 3843 1968 -1122 100.0

* AFFIRMED-IN-PART

 

 

Disposition % Decisions Fiscal Year to Date
AFFIRMED 36.7%
MODIFIED 10.7%
REVERSED 39.1%
PANEL REMANDS 5.8%
ADMINISTRATIVE REMANDS 6.0%
DISMISSED 1.6%
TOTAL 100.0%

 

 

Of the1968 pending appeals, 1796 are currently assigned to administrative patent judge dockets.

With the exception of a limited number of appeals involving special circumstances, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences is currently deciding appeals received at the Board as follows:

BIOTECH Fiscal Year 2002
CHEMICAL Fiscal Year 2003
ELECTRICAL Fiscal Year 2002
MECHANICAL Fiscal Year 2003
DESIGN Fiscal Year 2003